For years now, hair stylist Kim Schrotenboer has found ways to help people with cancer. It's personal.

Her mother-in-law, Arlene Schrotenboer, is a two-time breast cancer survivor. But cancer took Kim's mom, Nancy VanderYacht, 10 years ago, and Kim's best friend, Kris Lawless, five years ago.

"I know so many others (with cancer) that were really close to our family, too," she said. It is why she donates time and energy to the American Cancer Society's annual Holland Zeeland Relay for Life, set for June 13 at Holland Christian High School's track. She and her daughter Kristina, 21, are co-chairing the relay's celebration dinner for 250 people with cancer and their caregivers. During the relay, Schrotenboer and her fellow stylists at Heights Salon and Spa, 768 East Eighth St., will cut hair in exchange for donations. Anyone with hair six inches long (or longer) can donate their locks to the Pantene Great Lengths hair donation program. The haircuts are pretty simple, she said, because the work is done at the track area.

Schrotenboer, a stylist for more than 20 years, worked with ACS to set up the salon's wig bank for people who've lost hair during cancer treatments. The new wigs are free to the patients. Six Heights Salon stylists help people with cancer get adjusted to the wigs as well as teach the patients hair style tips. ACS provides free, new wigs to the salon.

"We do it on our own time, and everybody loves it," Schrotenboer said. "It's a great program.

"I've been touched by cancer is so many ways, and I just feel the need to do what I can to give back," she said, adding that the effort is only possible with the support of other stylists and her family, which includes her husband, Dan, and their son, Jordan, 24, a Calvin College swim coach.

All proceeds from Relay for Life are donated to the American Cancer Society. To learn more about the wig bank or how to get involved with the Holland Zeeland Relay for Life, call the salon at (616) 394-0465.